New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-11-02
H)RAL AND RELIGIOUS.

i1NaaAA AMI nElt0iUUSs
marlborough Intervening Of the
rootsof Christianity with the history
oftheworld on which it has sprung. is at
| once the source of its power and an
assurance Of its diuineness. James
t Martineau
Many people spend their time in try
| Inc to find the hole where sin got into
| the world. Ii two men break through
/ the ice into the mill-pond. they had
| better hunt for some hole to get out,
rather than go into a. Tong argument
about the hole they cane to fall in.
Mr. D. T.. Moody has arranged to
laVs-Ying Lee. proprietor of q Chinese
laundry at Hartford, Conn, enter his
Mount Hermon School, at Mortified,
Mass, to prepare himself for the min
istry. He is called q remarkably
bright Chinaman, far in advance OF
thegreat mass of his race.
Esearn, 0 student, the true wisdom.
See your bush ahame with roses, like
the. burning bush Of Moses. Listen,
and then thou shals hear, if thy soul
| be not deaf, how from out it, soft
and clear, speaks so thee the Lord AL.
mighty Persian tHa6zl, Conway.
Prof. r.. A. BHerly, says the Rich.
nond Religious Herald, has a little
boy OF four years named Harry. He
IS very pretty (takes after his moth
sr) One day Harry was scribbling
away (golng through the forms OF let
ter writing), and when asked what he
was doing, he said: II am doing what
pa is all the time doing; Tn writing to
the brethren about the money!
OF pulpit exahange the Independent
says: "A few pastors exchange too
often and suffer criticism touching
their industry in preparing for the pull
pit; but most pastors exchange too.
seldom. A more frequent and broad.
er system OF exchange among pastors,
OF the same city or even neighborines
cities and towns would tend to enlarge.
and make more real the fellowship OF:
the churches. 1t would also do much
to take both churches and people out
OF ruts of thought. No man is Sc
comprehensive in his mind and habit
OF thought as to cover the whole field
OF teaching or method"
The Sabbath is sacred to- rest.
Weary humanity must have repose.
Fortunately bodily rest does not con-
tlict with intellectual and moral I'M
provement, but is necessary to it.
The Sabbath does not restrict us to
sombre thoughts and musings, but
should be devoted to serious inquiry
into relations we sustain to our Crea.
tor, to our fellow-men, the obligations
that grow out of these relations, the
way to discharge them, and to cheer
Jul, edifying social intercourse. So
long as weighty problems OF human
lie demand solution, SO loug as vital
human interests claim our attention
we cannot afford to let Sabbath hours
pass unimproved.
The Baptist Weekly says: "soon
after DR.. Archibald Alexander moved
to Princeton, and while he was yet a
stranger in that region, he went out
one Sabbath afternoon to preach in
schoohouse where the theological stu
dents had been keeping up a service.
He preached one of his cubic crystal
sermons-giving the result OF years of
thought and study in his inimitably
simple style. And one OF the rustic
hearers said; Il like that old man.
He is not learned like those seminary
fellows who generally preach here, but
/ could understand every word that
he said
Not long ago the writer asked a class
OF small boys in Sunday school what
was their idea OF heaven. 1t was Curl
Gus to note how their replies were in
fuenced by their own circumstances
in life A ragged little urchln who had
been born and brought up in a squat
id city street, said it was ssall grass
and green trees" one from the richer
quarter OF Boston said it was like a
big, broad avenue, with tall houses on
each side. A sweet-voiced Episcopal
choir boy was OF the opinion that peo-
pie would sing good deal in heaven.
The last member in the class "a quiet
thoughtful boy, though one of the
smallest in the class answered, "A
place where where you're never sor-
ryH'-Our Sunday Afternoon.
| wish to give my testimony from
an experience Of twenty five years, to
the absolute safety OF receiving chill
dren to the church, and to the inesti-
mable benefit to them OF this holy
relationship. In a pastorate Of six
teen years over one church, / had an
opportunity of testing this question,
for have watched the lives of those
who grew up to manhood and woman
hood in the church. and / can saw
with great Joy, chat have never seen
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